Knitting For A Miracle

Sometimes, you pray for something for years before it comes about.  Sometimes, it never does.  But there are also times where you get to experience a miracle first hand  - years of prayers and tears being answered in one miraculous act of God that is so much better than you could have ever scripted.

Its times like this that you can look back and see oh, that is what He was planning!  Like a parent carefully planning a surprise party, he doesn't just give you what you want all the time - sometimes He saves up for something really big to bless you with.

My best friend of 16 years has had a miracle of that magnitude happen to her - and I am whirling from the excitement of watching it unfold along with her.

A miracle baby, a girl - prayed for for years, now soon arriving.

I respond in the way I know how: overflowing prayers of gratitude, and knitting.

I knit this sweater in a little more than a day.  It is one of my favorite newborn patterns, Seamless Kimono by Sweet Mama Small Sugar (I dressed Joboy almost exclusively in sweaters from this pattern as a newborn!).  I had enough of this delicious yarn ("Capulet" dyed by Lollytree Yarn) to make a wee hat as well, using SMSS's "Small Things Bonnet" pattern.  I attempted booties as well, but ran out of yarn half way through the second one.

I love the way it turned out.

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